diff --git a/src/db/functions.ts b/src/db/functions.ts
index 5f1ca8b9..c45c58f9 100644
--- a/src/db/functions.ts
+++ b/src/db/functions.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function updateProject(proj: Project) {
         throw new Error('Project not present in database');
     }
     const id = makeObjectId(proj.getId());
-    const userId = proj.getUserid();
+    const userId = proj.getUserId();
     const project = await DbProject.findOne({ _id: id, userId: userId });
 
     if (project) {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export async function loadProject(projectId: string): Promise<Project> {
  */
 export async function createProject(project: Project): Promise<string> {
     const dbProject = await DbProject.create({
-        userId: project.getUserid(),
+        userId: project.getUserId(),
         name: project.getName(),
         description: project.getDescription(),
         members: project.getPersons(),
diff --git a/src/models/Project.ts b/src/models/Project.ts
index 67aadea7..c2de536d 100644
--- a/src/models/Project.ts
+++ b/src/models/Project.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ export class Project {
         this.name = name;
         this.description = description;
         this.personArr = stringPersonArr;
-        // disabled for testing
-        // this.validateAdjMatrix(adjMatrix);
+        this.validateAdjMatrix(adjMatrix);
         this.adjMatrix = adjMatrix;
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ export class Project {
 
     public addPerson(personName: string): void {
         Project.validatePerson(personName);
-        if (personName in this.personArr) {
+        if (this.personArr.indexOf(personName) !== -1) {
             throw new Error('Person already exists in project.');
         }
         const num_members = this.personArr.length;
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ export class Project {
         return this.id;
     }
 
-    public getUserid(): number {
+    public getUserId(): number {
         return this.userid;
     }
 
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ export class Project {
     }
     public removePersons(personArr: string[]): void {
         Project.validatePeople(personArr);
-        console.log(personArr);
         let indexesToRemove: number[] = [];
         for (const person of personArr) {
             const index = this.personArr.indexOf(person);
@@ -136,16 +134,11 @@ export class Project {
             }
             indexesToRemove.push(index);
         }
-        console.log(indexesToRemove);
         // remove rows and columns from adjMatrix
         indexesToRemove = indexesToRemove.toSorted();
         indexesToRemove.reverse(); // so we don't have to recalculate indexes
-        console.log(indexesToRemove);
         for (const index of indexesToRemove) {
-            console.log(index);
-            console.log(this.personArr);
             this.personArr.splice(index, 1);
-            console.log(this.personArr);
             this.adjMatrix.splice(index, 1);
         }
         for (let i = 0; i < this.adjMatrix.length; i++) {